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... ment in the useful or mechanic arts , would but too fatally countenance such an imputation . The native American would be the most degraded animal of the human race ; and his conquerors would have but too much reason to fear for their ...
... ment in the useful or mechanic arts , would but too fatally countenance such an imputation . The native American would be the most degraded animal of the human race ; and his conquerors would have but too much reason to fear for their ...
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... ment , brutally drunk and wrapped in his blanket . HE had indeed contracted some habits in Eu- rope , which he found it not so easy to relinquish as his dress . His wife as they travelled onwards towards his tribe , was cruelly abused ...
... ment , brutally drunk and wrapped in his blanket . HE had indeed contracted some habits in Eu- rope , which he found it not so easy to relinquish as his dress . His wife as they travelled onwards towards his tribe , was cruelly abused ...
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... ment . The Indians by no means want understanding , and are in their figure tall and well proportioned ; even their copper coloured complexions would admit of blanching , if not at the first , at the farthest , in the second generation ...
... ment . The Indians by no means want understanding , and are in their figure tall and well proportioned ; even their copper coloured complexions would admit of blanching , if not at the first , at the farthest , in the second generation ...
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... ment of How close is the resemblance between the two people if we examine their treatment to their Their treat- children . From their earliest infancy , says Ray- nal , the parents respect the natural independence of their children ...
... ment of How close is the resemblance between the two people if we examine their treatment to their Their treat- children . From their earliest infancy , says Ray- nal , the parents respect the natural independence of their children ...
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... ment . The aborigines of Virginia , whatever may be pretended , enjoyed complete freedom . Their sachems made their own tools and instruments of husbandry : They worked in the ground in com- mon with the other Indians . They could enter ...
... ment . The aborigines of Virginia , whatever may be pretended , enjoyed complete freedom . Their sachems made their own tools and instruments of husbandry : They worked in the ground in com- mon with the other Indians . They could enter ...
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Page 393 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 393 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 38 - I thank you in their name for bringing back into their country the calumet which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you that you left under ground that murdering hatchet which has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.
Page 308 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Page 321 - House to tax America, I was ill in bed. If I could have endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on this floor, to have borne my testimony against it.
Page 325 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 324 - Parliament, with the statute book doubled down in dog's ears, to defend the cause of liberty. If I had, I myself would have cited the two cases of Chester and Durham. I would have cited them to show that, even under former arbitrary reigns, Parliaments were ashamed of taxing a people without their consent, and allowed them representatives.
Page 308 - That trial by jury, is the inherent and invaluable right of every British subject in these colonies. VIII. That the late act of parliament, entitled, An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, etc...
Page 321 - There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in this House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here...
Page 309 - X. That as the profits of the trade of these colonies ultimately centre in Great Britain to pay for the manufactures which they are obliged to take from thence, they eventually contribute very largely to all supplies granted there to the crown.